Royle Music K-8 contest winners

 Royle School announces MusicK8 magazine cover art contest winners! 

Every year, students in music classes at Royle School are given the opportunity to enter the MusicK8 magazine cover art contest.  Under the direction of music teachers Kathleen Theisen and Kristen Turkosz, students are encouraged to draw anything musical to go onto the cover of the magazine.  This year, 69 students from Royle School entered the contest.   There were 6 national winners from Royle! 

Ella Clarke - 4th Runner-Up  - winner of $50 prize and her art work was published on the back cover of the magazine 

Noa Durocher-Pyun - Top Finalist 

Carter Silverman - Promising Young Artist Finalist 

Quinlan MacColl   - Most Humorous Honorable Mention

Emma Nee - Honorable Mention

Eliza Patterson - Honorable Mention

Young Composers Concert April 21st

Darien Young Composers Concert

 The 21st annual Darien Young Composer's concert will be held virtually on Wednesday, April 21st at 6:30pm!  The concert will feature original compositions from 24 student composers from all 5 elementary schools, MMS and DHS.  Click here for a full list of participants.  

Student composers will participate in a zoom workshop with guest composer Robert Hugh. Mr. Hugh is an accomplished musician and composer who composed and arranged over 250 songs. He is a retired music educator, having spent most of his career teaching music at Wolcott School in West Hartford, where he is well known for his composition work with students. Click here to learn more about Robert Hugh.

The concert will be premiere on YouTube on Wednesday, April 21st at 6:30pm.  The YouTube link will be posted on the Darien Music Department website: https://sites.google.com/darienps.org/k-12dpsmusicsite/young-composers.  Don't miss this special event!

Music in Our Schools Month and Beginning Instrumental Showcases

 March is Music in Our Schools Month!

Thank you to Miss Minnis and the students in Tri-M for decorating the DHS auditorium lobby for Music in our Schools Month!  We are especially grateful for our music teachers for continuing to go above and beyond to keep music in our schools no matter what the circumstances!

Beginning Strings Showcase!

Thank you Miss Hanley and 3rd grade strings students from Tokeneke, Holmes and Hindley for sharing your Beginning Strings Showcase virtual concerts with us!

Click here for the Tokeneke 3rd grade strings showcase

Click here for the Holmes 3rd grade strings showcase

Click here for the Hindley 3rd grade strings showcase

Beginning Band Showcase!

Thank you to Mr. Walters and the 4th grade band students from Tokeneke, Ox Ridge and Royle for sharing your Beginning Band Showcase virtual concerts with us!

Click here for the Tokeneke 4th grade band showcase

Click here for the Royle 4th grade band showcase

Click here for the Ox Ridge 4th grade band showcase

Darien Music for Youth Beethoven contest winners!

 Darien Music for Youth sponsored a student contest to support the DPS Music Department 2020-2021 curricular theme:  Beethoven!  Students from each school in grades K-12 submitted posters, poetry, prose, and musical compositions to celebrate the life and music of Beethoven.  Congratulations to the winners from each school:

Darien High School:  Camilla Lash, Fajr Maqsood, John Raskopf

Hindley School:  Eleanor Crosby, William Ernst, Chris Li, Ryann Elise McGee, Lukas Metzler, Lainey Powell, Charlie Reinbold, Josh Rosenberry, Riona Uppal

Holmes School:  Katherine Au, Oliver Chan, Dhritee Dhami, Sophie Echeverri, Brandon Katsuyama, Matthew Nardone, Teagen Nygren

Middlesex Middle School: Paloma Dudas, Ilse Fedoronko, Manny Gufsa, Darragh Hallinan, Emily Harris, Lilly Keehlwetter, Maya Lesniewski, Lucie Smith, Kinga Sigmond, Lauren Valji

Ox Ridge School:  Alex Abelson, Louisa Berger, Claire Blake, Mila Chada, Ryan Kim, Myles Marengo, Lara Mesta, Greeley Morgan, Brianna Qin

Royle School:  Liam Bell, Willa Curley, Henry Haller, Sophie Lahoud, Audrey Lewis, Josie O'Kane, John O'Leary, Timmy Trudel, Augusta Wartels

Tokeneke School:  Madeleine Cantwell, Elena Cappella, Mackenzie Godfrey, Thomas Keefe, Della Peloso, Ryder Rauseo, Reese Salmore, Molly Skinner, Rachit Veeturi

Virtual performances from DPS strings

 Click below for the latest virtual concerts and recitals from the DPS music department!  Visit the Music Department Website Concert Videos page for a full list of concert videos!

• DHS Orchestra - Black History Month Performance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQF1JRzUoJg&feature=youtu.be
• MMS Orchestra Winter Concert - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOhCuH_iREY&feature=youtu.be
• Hindley Beginning Band Recital Click Here
• Holmes Beginning Band Showcase Click Here
• Ox Ridge 3rd-5th Grade Strings Winter Recital Click Here
• Tokeneke 5th Grade Band Royal Crown march
• Tokeneke 5th Grade Band Holiday Medley
• Tokeneke 4th and 5th Grade Orchestra Winter Concert